Soup “Thursday”: Oriental Prince, indeed
Tonight I made miso soup following these directions, and HOLY SHIT, Y’ALL!!! Best. Miso. Soup. Ever! (I used reconstituted dried shitaake mushrooms instead of bonito flakes, but that’s the only change I made to Principessa’s instructions.) Greg said it “gave the French onion a run for its money,” and they’re his absolute favorites. I think the next time I make it (there’s not even a question of *whether* we’ll be making this again – oh, we WILL), I’ll whip up a bit more broth, since I kind of overestimated how much “non-broth stuff” I needed. (Principessa Grassa was NOT kidding when she said wakame expands a TON while soaking. It’s crazy how much it expands.) I mean, it was de-fucking-licious, don’t get me wrong, but the broth to non-broth ratio could have been tweaked a smidge. Now, next time I could just use smaller amounts of non-broth stuff, but where’s the fun in that. 
Another note, to tell you how fucking awesome this soup is: Greg *always* tweaks soup, always. Salt here, pepper there, usually some hot sauce, occasionally some soy sauce. I got out the cock sauce and the soy sauce, and offered him the salt and pepper, and he declined all of it, because the soup was perfect as-is. Yeah. That’s a hell of a recommendation right there. Also? It honestly took like maybe fifteen minutes. Easy peasy! You NEED to make this soup. It’s definitely going into heavy rotation chez nous.
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La Principessa said,
November 25, 2010 at 1:08 am
Oh yaaaaaay, I’m so glad it worked for ya! Yours looks AWESOME! Mmmmm … mushrooms.
Yeah, the wakame is insane, huh? I feel like if you didn’t drain it would just sit there in the water, getting bigger and bigger, indefinitely, taking on a life of its own until its tendrils snake across the counter, octopus-like. Or maybe not, I dunno.
kayeffjay said,
November 26, 2010 at 11:59 am
The wakame is like something from Lovecraft! I just barely covered the bottom of the bowl it was in, filled it with water, turned around, and BAM! Crazy.
It was super, duper delicious, so thanks for the recipe/instructions!
Anna said,
November 26, 2010 at 12:32 am
I love miso soup!!! Will definitely have totry this recipe out
kayeffjay said,
November 26, 2010 at 11:59 am
Yes, you need to make this! Soooo yummy!
SilhouetteScreams said,
November 26, 2010 at 1:48 am
Oh my fucking god, I need to make this. And then I will live on it. Every damn day of my life.
kayeffjay said,
November 26, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Yeah, lady! It’s dead easy and soooo good. If it wasn’t for this whole “Soup Thursday” experiment and trying new recipes every week, I’d just make this nonstop. 10-15 minutes to something we could both happily eat every day for the rest of our lives? Fuck yes!